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By Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 20:50 EST

It's official: Pa. for Obama, McCain's hopes dwindling

CNN and Fox News, the two holdouts, have now called Pennsylvania for Barack Obama. This is very, very bad news for those still hoping John McCain might pull a miracle out of his hat tonight. At this point, he'll basically have to run the table in the battleground states that still remain up for grabs in order to win.

― Alex Koppelman

Posted in: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain

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